Parash Hill, a nature reserve in southern Israel, is a great spot for a picnic. With lush green fields and a view all the way to the Mediterranean, it is a serene and picturesque place where residents of Sderot come to quietly enjoy nature. But in a nation obsessed...
Olmert Brags About Embarrassing Rice in UN Gaza Vote
Taking a short break from lashing out at the international media for reporting the growing civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke in detail about the events leading up to the US abstention from the United Nations Security...
Mixed Messages From Israel on How Much Longer Gaza War Will Last
As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert touted his military's "impressive gains" in having killed nearly 900 people in the first 15 days of the war in the Gaza Strip, the question everyone really wants to know is how much longer this whole war business is going to take....
Israeli Military Changes Stories Yet Again on Gaza School Attack
Who would've thought that killing a school full of civilians in a refugee camp would be such a difficult thing for the Israeli government to get its story straight on? Five days since causing over 100 civilian casualties with a mortar attack on a UN girls' school,...
Four Wounded as Israeli Shrapnel Hits Egypt
When officials in the Israeli government said its ongoing war in the Gaza Strip was no longer about military goals but was about "pressuring Egypt" for better terms in its ongoing attempt to broker a ceasefire, it is unlikely the pressure was meant to be this direct....
UN Ceasefire Bid Weakened by US Abstention
The United Nations Security Council's bid to halt the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip with a non-binding resolution calling for a durable ceasefire never had much momentum behind it, but as French and British diplomats scrambled to get the deal together amid repeated...
Israel’s Re-Revised Story: Attack on UN School was a Malfunction
Among the most significant stories in the past week of Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip was the attack on a United Nations girls' school in the refugee camp of Jabalya. Though it was clearly marked by the United Nations and the coordinates were given to the IDF when...
Over 850 Killed as Gaza War Moves into Third Week
The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip moved into its third week today, with still no end in sight. Both sides proclaimed the great success of their respective war efforts, though Hamas once again does not appear to have killed anyone, while the civilian toll in Gaza...
Israel Tells Gazans to Brace for Yet More Escalation
As the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip moved into their third week, the Israeli military once again dropped leaflets on the residents of Gaza warning them "The IDF will escalate the operation in the Gaza Strip. The IDF is not working against the people of Gaza but...
Tight Censorship Working in Israel’s Favor
Following in the footsteps of the United States' efforts to discourage reporting in its assorted wars outside of an embedded scenario, the Israeli government has taken the strategy to unprecedented levels in the modern era. While the United States had the disadvantage...